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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the letter say Cincinnatus will have to wait for the interview?
(a) Four days.
(b) One day.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

2. Where on the table does Rodion set the vase of flowers?
(a) Exactly in the center.
(b) Not quite in the center.
(c) Not quite at the edge.
(d) Right on the edge.

3. How does Cincinnatus feel about his wife?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He loves her.
(c) He doesn't care about her.
(d) He likes her.

4. What happens when M'sieur Pierre sits down?
(a) The chair is too deep and he must sit on the forward edge.
(b) The chair is too weak and the seat cracks beneath him.
(c) His legs do not reach the floor.
(d) He bends his body as if sitting but floats an inch above the chair seat.

5. What does the director say to Cincinnatus after the meeting with Pierre?
(a) That he is happy for Cincinnatus.
(b) That he envies Cincinnatus.
(c) That he is proud of Cincinnatus.
(d) That he is ashamed of Cincinnatus.

6. What time does Rodrig Ivanovich appear?
(a) Exactly at ten o'clock.
(b) Fifteen minues early, at quarter to nine.
(c) Exactly at noon.
(d) Twenty minutes after his scheduled arrival at eleven.

7. What does Cincinnatus do with the special envelope his lawyer has brought?
(a) Cincinnatus burns it.
(b) Cincinnatus spits on it.
(c) Cincinnatus throws it out the window.
(d) Cincinnatus tears it up.

8. Where does Pierre say he is from?
(a) Upper Kinderton.
(b) Upper Elderbury.
(c) Upper Didderdown.
(d) Upper Hampshire.

9. What part of Cincinnatus' body does Pierre examine?
(a) His foot.
(b) His back.
(c) His arm.
(d) His neck.

10. What reason does Cincinnatus give Emmie that proves to him that everyone is talking about the date of his execution?
(a) He hears people whispering outside his cell.
(b) A square was cut out of his morning paper.
(c) The guard turns off the radio whenever he approaches.
(d) Everyone looks at him as if they know a secret.

11. What does the new prisoner look like?
(a) He is average in every way.
(b) He is tall and thin.
(c) He is large and muscular.
(d) He is small and fat.

12. What present has one of Marthe's brothers brought Cincinnatus?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) A statue of Marthe.
(c) A photograph of himself.
(d) A bowl of wax fruit.

13. What does Cincinnatus tell the lawyer is not real?
(a) Cincinnatus says that the execution isn't real.
(b) Cincinnatus says the prison isn't real.
(c) Cincinnatus says that he is not real.
(d) Cincinnatus says the people around him aren't real.

14. What is the director doing when Rodion brings Cincinnatus back to his cell from the new prisoner's cell?
(a) Bringing the new prisoner a five-course meal.
(b) Looking through the peephole in the new prisoner's door.
(c) Whistling and dancing around the hallway.
(d) Painting the new prisoner's door with red paint.

15. What does the director say is wrong with Roman Vissarionovich?
(a) He fell down the stairs.
(b) He has a bad cold.
(c) He has laryngitis.
(d) He has pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the festive walls of Cincinnatus' cell, as the sun shines in through the freshly washed window?

2. What metaphor does Cincinnatus use for trying to find the essence of what he wants to say?

3. What does the librarian refuse to do?

4. Why does Cincinnatus start to go for a walk?

5. How does the director think Cincinnatus should feel about the new prisoner?

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